July 4, 1863: Confederates surrender at Vicksburg

On this date in 1863, Confederate forces under General John C. Pemberton, a Pennsylvanian by the way, surrendered to Union General Ulysses S. Grant, dealing the South a fatal one-two punch. On the same day, General Robert E. Lee began his retreat after his defeat at Gettysburg, Pennsylvania.


Below you'll find my 2008 entries from my Mississippi Manifest Destiny series.

Vicksburg Battlefield, Part One
Vicksburg Battlefield, Part Two, State Memorials
Vicksburg Battlefield, Part Three, Illinois Memorial
Vicksburg Battlefield, Part Four, The USS Cairo
Vicksburg Battlefield Part Five

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